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Issue
Name: |
Minerals |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
แร่ |
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Issue Date: |
1990/2533-06-29 |
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Cause: |
To publicize minerals with
economic value that are found in Thailand and to stimulate
people's interest in acquiring knowledge about minerals in
general and of which some are important resources for the
country. |
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Catalogue Number: |
1990/10-13 |
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Denomination: |
2 Baht,
3 Baht, 5 Baht, 6 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
11 Baht,
11 Baht, 16 Baht,
16 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
54 Baht (unused), 30 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
45 x
27 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
3,000,000 pieces for design
1 and 1,000,000 pieces each for designs 2-4 |
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Printer: |
Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia |
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Subject: |
Various
kinds of minerals with economic value
that are found in Thailand: 1.
tin, known in Thai as
dihbook;
2.
zinc, referred to in Thai as
sangkasih (สังกะสี);
3. lead, in Thai
called ta-kua (ตะกั่ว); and 4.
fluorite, which
in Thai also known as fluorite
(ฟลูออไรต์). |
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Related Link: |
dihbook,
Mineral and Rock Museum,
Centenary of the Department of Mineral Resources |
